Tea party activists and fiscal conservatives are securing
seats on local school boards across the Tristate and taking their anger
over big government and Obama out on tax levies and Common Core
standards. CINCINNATI -1

Former war crimes prosecutors say there is evidence that
Syria has tortured and executed 11,000 detainees since the start of the
uprising that began in 2011. WORLD -2

City Councilman Charlie Winburn continues referring to a
supposed scandal involving a pile of unused road salt as “Saltgate.” The
city administration says it bought the salt when the price was low for
later use.

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy last week
criticized Japan’s continued dolphin hunting practices, calling them
inhumane for capturing and killing hundreds of the sea mammals at a
time. WORLD +1